Any theft arouses social rejection and, regardless of its legal status, also generates unease among the population, but what happened in Ibi (Alicante) seems to be one of the bloodiest cases: they attacked the Caritas office of the Parish of Santiago Apóstol to kidnap clothes.
As a charity whose very purpose is to help those most in need, it is striking that it suffered this attack on its facilities in order to obtain loot of little commercial value.
In addition to the theft, the thief(s) caused destruction At bursting the door to access the interior.
The event does not represent serious economic damage, even if it comes at a delicate time for this type of non-profit entity, since the European regulations has changed recently and seen exhausted this way of funding.
Furthermore, the The city hall also stopped paying its annual subsidy of 5,700 euros in 2023 due to the accounting collapseeven if the municipal situation is gradually beginning to improve.
At the same time, the Caritas team assist to more families and, last year, it provided support to more than 400 peoplein this municipality of 24,000 inhabitants where there is also another headquarters of the entity, that of the Parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which suffered vandalism in 2006, when unknown persons set fire her door At dawn, they filed a complaint with the Civil Guard.
The two local organizations of the institution linked to the Church celebrated journeys attire respectively in May and August for collect funds, and they benefit from the support and selfless collaboration of folk dance groups and other cultural activities.
